Prepaid SIM with voice & data at Haneda Airport

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The answer is no, Softbank doesn't have a monopoly. Telecom Square, literally the next shop over on Haneda's international arrivals floor, also sells voice & data prepaid SIMs on the Y!Mobile network, which is actually a Softbank subsidiary. The baseline price is higher but gets you more data, at ¥5500 for 1GB or ¥7500 for 3GB, plus unlimited local calls, valid for exactly 15 days.

Some rather bizarre catches:

  • You can't top up, period. If you run out of data or time, too bad, buy a new SIM.
  • Incoming international calls work fine (and are free), but you can only make outgoing calls with the included Brastel calling card (or your favorite VOIP app).
  • No outgoing or incoming international SMS. Ouch!

I bought one anyway and, except for that annoying SMS thing, it worked just fine. Coverage and speed was decent too, even in the back blocks of Hokkaido.

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